1 Kings 18 Elijah Presents Himself to Ahab

 1 Kings 18

Elijah Presents Himself to Ahab

1- And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; for I will send rain upon the land.

2- And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab: and the famine was sore in Samaria.

3- And Ahab called Obadiah which was over the household: and Obadiah greatly feared the Lord.

4- For it came to pass, when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and fifty by fifty, and hid them in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.

5- And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land to all the springs of water, and to all the rivers: perhaps we may find grass, that we may keep the horses and mules alive, and not be deprived of the cattle.

6- And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

7- And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou my lord Elijah?

8- And he said unto him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

9- And he said, What have I sinned, that thou shouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, that he might kill me?

10- As the LORD thy God liveth, there was no nation or kingdom, where my lord did not send to seek thee: and when they said, He is not here, he would swear to the kingdoms and nations, if they had not found thee.

11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

12- And it may be, when I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the Lord will carry you whither I know not; and when I come to tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me: but I, your servant, have feared the Lord from my youth.

13- Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred of the Lord's prophets, by fifty each, in caves, and fed them with bread and water?

14- And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here; and he will kill me.

15- And Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.

16- Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

17- And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

18- And he said, I have not troubled Israel, but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and have followed Baalim.

19- And now send, and gather all Israel to me at mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of Asherah four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

20- And Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together at mount Carmel.

21- Then Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? If the LORD be God, follow him; and if Baal, then follow him. But the people answered him not a word.